Hermeneutics of hymnody
Subtitle: a comprehensive and integrated approach to understanding hymns
By: Scotty Gray
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Macon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781573127677
Subjects: Hymns; History and criticism; Music; Christianity
Description: Scotty Gray's Hermeneutics of Hymnody is a comprehensive and integrated approach to understanding hymns. It is unique in its holistic and interrelated exploration of the biblical, theological, liturgical, literary, musical, practical, and historical/biographical/sociocultural dimensions of one of the most basic forms of Christian literature. A chapter is devoted to each of these seven broad facets of hymnody and relates that facet to each of the others. Those who write hymns, compose hymn tunes, study hymns, compile hymnals, select hymns and tunes for the ministries of the church, and those who read and sing hymns can benefit from a keener sensitivity to and a deeper understanding of how these facets are vitally interrelated infine hymnody from various times and traditions. From back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-381) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to the fugue: an approach to a comprehensive and integrated hermeneutics of hymnody; title: The Bible; title: Theology; title: Liturgy; title: Poetry; title: Music; title: History, biography, and socioculture; title: Practice; title: Postlude: the necessity of interdisciplinary conversations in a comprehensive and integrated hermeneutics of hymnody.